mauserme Posted October 19, 2020 at 12:05 PM Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 12:05 PM Schumer and Biden: how an 30-year relationship shaped their work together in 2020Emilie MunsonOct. 19, 2020Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 6 a.m. WASHINGTON — In 1993, then U.S. Rep. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., was two years deep in a fight to regulate handgun purchases and facing stiff opposition from the National Rifle Association. He turned for help to a giant of the U.S. Senate and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Joe Biden. Schumer asked Biden to help him push reluctant House members toward yes votes on what would become the landmark Brady Bill. "He would persuade them that they could vote for this bill and it was the right thing to do and how to handle it and how to talk to some of the people in their districts who might not have been friendly to that," remembered Schumer, now the Senate minority leader, during a recent interview. "He was very good at that.” Through their efforts, the Brady Bill - which imposed a waiting period on the purchase of handguns and established the federal framework for firearms background checks - was approved by the House and Senate in November 1993 and signed into law...."That’s how we really got to know each other, bonded over those kinds of bills,” Schumer said, referring to the Brady Bill, as well as the 1994 assault weapons ban....=More= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windermere Posted October 19, 2020 at 12:47 PM Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 12:47 PM People must be really dumb to be swayed by Joe Biden. More proof that we’re governed by fools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanc Posted October 19, 2020 at 02:35 PM Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 02:35 PM ^Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H. L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScopeEye Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:07 PM Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:07 PM I wonder if hes involved with the corruption that's coming out about Joe and his drug addict son HunterLooks like the Biden family will reap million's on all their crooked deals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauserme Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:18 PM Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:18 PM Now you knew those weren't going to last very long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmagloo Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:27 PM Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:27 PM Was funny while it lasted, Imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmagloo Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:30 PM Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 10:30 PM BTW, don't you ever take a vacation? The mice need some play time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauserme Posted October 19, 2020 at 11:09 PM Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 at 11:09 PM BTW, don't you ever take a vacation? The mice need some play time. And miss out on all this fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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